Machine for polishing shoes.



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J. R. MOGARRITY.

MACHINE FOR PoLIsHING sHoEs.

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MACHINE PoR POL-ISHING SHOES. AIJeLwATIoNV rung MAB. ze, 1902.

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lIGI-IN RICHARD MCGARRITY, OF LANSING, IOWA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 721,823, dated lMaren s, 1903. Application filed March 26, 1902. ,Serial No. 100,110. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, JOHN RICHARD MC- GARRITYa citizen of the United States, residing at Lansing, lin the countyof Allamakee and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Machine for Polishing Shoes, of which the following .is a specification.` Y

The invention relates to improvements in machines for polishing shoes.

The object of the present invention is vto improve the construction of machines for polishing shoes and to provide a simple and comparatively inexpensive one capable of being readily operated by the person having his shoes polished and adapted to be readily arranged for supplying blacking to a shoe or for polishing the shoe after the same has been supplied with blacking.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective viewof a machine for polishing shoes, constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional view ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view o'n the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a similar View on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail ysectional view on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2. Fig. Gis a sectional View on the line 660i' Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a sectional view on the line 7 7 of'Fig. 2. Fig. 8 is a detail View illustrating the construction 'of the catch Vfor securing the adjustable brush-carrying frame to the longitudinally-movable bars.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figu res of the drawings.

i 1 designates a frame or stand provided with suitable feet or legs and composed of sides and ends, and it may be ornamentedin any suitable manner, as will be readily understood, and it is provided at its top with suitable rollers 2 and 3, arranged transversely of the machine and designed to receive a boot or shoe and adapted -to enable the foot of a person having such shoe or boot-to be readily moved backward or forward to carry the boot or shoe into contact with the daubers, whereby the shoe will be thoroughly supplied with blacking, as hereinafterrexplained. The rollers are journaled in suitable bearings and are adapted to rotate to permit the foot of a personfto move over them freely, and the toe or front portion of the boot or shoe is supplied'with blacking by a front-dauber 4, yertically movable in .suitable guides or Ways, as hereinafter explained, and adapted to yieldingly engage the boot or shoe as the latter is moved backward and forward under it,`whereby the dauber is adapted to accommodate and properly operate on feet of different sizes. The front dauber consists of a casing 6, adapted to contain blacking, andarubber-covered roller adapted to smear or daub the blacking over the foot of the person. The casing is preferably constructed of sheet metal and is provided with a central partition 8, forming two chambers or compartments located above the roller and adapted to contain blacking and a Wet sponge 9. The roller may be of any other desired construction, and it is journaled in suitable bearings of the casing,which conform tothe configuration of the roller and which is open at the bottom for the reception of the same. The blacking is located above Vand in contact with the roller at one side of the partition, and the wet sponge is arranged at the opposite side of the same and is in contact with the roller. Suitable apertures are and thereby obtains a quantity of blacking which is supplied to a shoe or boot. The roller', which frictionally engages the boot or shoe, as hereinafter explained, is rotated by contact with the same, and any amount of blacking may be obtained by moving the foot backward and forward under the roller, and the sides of the front or toe portion of the shoe or b'oot may be brought into Contact with the roller by slightlyturning theffoot.`

The casing of the front dauber is connected with a transverse rod 5 byan approximately U-shaped or-V-shaped `spring 5a, and the said rod extends through slots 10 of vertical guides 11, consisting of arms or bars mounted on the frame or stand at opposite sides thereof and extending a considerable ICO distance above the same to enable the front dauber to be arranged clear of the polishing devices hereinafter described. The spring 5, which is centrally secured to the casing 6, is provided at the upper ends of its sides with L-shaped arms or portions 5c, which engage the rodor bar,whereby the sides of the spring are slidably connected with the same to enable the spring to be readily compressed and to quickly expand, whereby the front dauber is yieldingly held in engagement with a boot or shoe to cause the roller 7 to be` positively rotated when a boot or shoe is moved backward and forward under it. The casing is connected with the guide 11 by means of the lower rod 5l", forming a pair of arms and eX- tending through the slots 10 and adapted to prevent the dauber from swinging backward and forward and assisting in guiding the dauber in its vertical movement. The rod 5b may be a continuous rod, or the casing may be provided at each side with an arm for engaging the guides 1l.

The front dauber is supported by a pair of upwardly-extending links or connecting-bars 12, provided at their upper ends with perforat-ions for the reception of the upper rod 5 and having their lower ends pivoted at 13 to the arms of levers 14, which are fulcrumed between their ends at opposite sides of the frame or stand and which are connected with a treadle or foot-lever 15, adapted to be oscillated to raise the front dauber and lower the same and also to operate simultaneously a pair of rear daubers 16, hereinafter described. Tlie levers 14 consist of a pair of rods or bars, and the treadle or foot-lever is composed of a pair of bars 17, pivoted at one end at 18a to the frame or stand and connected at the other end by a transverse foot-receiving board or plate located beyond the frame or stand, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. When the treadle or foot-lever is depressed, it carries downward a pair of links 18, which connect the side bars 17 with the ends 19 of the levers 14, and the other ends of the latter are thereby raised to lift the front dauber and lower the rear daubers. Thelinks 18 are secured to the side bars 17 by pivot-s 18h, and they are connected at their upper ends with the levers 14 by pivots 18C. The foot-lever is locked in an approximately horizontal or lowered position by a latch 20, mounted on its foot-receiving portion and arranged to engage a keeper 21, secured to a suitable support of the frame or stand, as clearly shown in Figs. land 2. The side bars of the treadle or foot-lever are connected with depending arms or shanks 22 and 23 of dauber-supports 24 and 25, which receive the front daubers 16 and which are engaged by coiled springs 26, mounted on rods 27 and interposed between the daubersupports and a cross-bar 29 of the frame or stand. The coiled springs 26 are compressed when the foot-lever or treadle is swung downward. to a horizontal position, and they are adapted to automatically lift the rear daubers and the treadle or lever when the latter is released by disengaging the front catch from the keeper. They also enable the daubers to be moved upward and downward by simply pressing downward with the foot on the treadle or lever.

The danber-supports 24 and 25 consist of approximately rectangular casings open at the top and inner sides and receiving brushes which constitute the front daubers 16; but it will be readily apparent that any other suitable material may be employed in the construction of the daubers for supplying the blacking to a shoe. The rods, which are connected with the dauber-supports and which are adapted to permit the same to move vertically, have their lower portions arranged in suitable guides 30, mounted on the inner faces of the sides of the frame or stand and consisting of suitable plates grooved or bent outward longitudinally between their side edges, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings; but the rods may be guided in any other suitable manner. The daubersupport 25 is fixed to the arm 23; but the other dauber-support 24 is slidably connected with the arm 22 and is capable of horizontal movement laterally of the machine to vary the distance between it and the other dauber support to accommodate shoes of dilferent widths. This laterally movable dauber-support is provided at opposite sides with depending approximately L shaped flanges 31, forming ways for the reception of a horizontal guide 32, which is provided at its outer end with a supporting-arm 33, having an opening for the reception of a reciprocatory'rod 34. rThe rod 34 forms a support for a coiled spring 35, which is interposed betweenv the laterally-movable dauber-support 24 and a sleeve 36, mounted on the outer portion of the rod; but the spring 35, which holds the dauber-support normally at the limit of its inward movement, may be arranged in any other desired manner. The dauber which is carried by the dauber-support 24 yieldingly engages the shoe and is adapted to be forced outward by the same, whereby the rear daubers are adapted to accommodate and engage shoes of different widths.

The rear daubers are supplied with blacking by means of a pair of longitudinal rolls 37, preferably covered with rubber or other suitable material and jonrnaled in suitable bearings of a casing 38, which is open at the sides to receive the rolls, as clearlyillustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings, and which is provided With a suitable partition 39 for dividing it into separate compartments.

tition 39 is arranged horizontally, and a moistened sponge 40 is preferably arranged above the partition, and the space below the partition receives a receptacle or support 41 for blacking, and in practice the receptacle or support 41 will be supplied with a quantity of The rolls are moistened by the blacking.

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clearly shown in Fig. 3, and the moistened` rolls carry blacking to and distribute thel same over the rear daubers as the latter are moved vertically. In order to insure a positive rotation of the blacking-supplying rolls,

gear-wheels 43 and racks 44 are providedy The gear-wheels are preferably mounted on the frontjournals of the rolls 37, `and the racks are suitably secured to the dauber-supportsv Vand are provided with teeth which mesh with the teeth of the gear-wheels 43, whereby when the rear daubers are moved vertically the gear-Wheels and the rolls with which they arev by means of a front brush 45, side brushes 46,

` of the upright frame 48.

and a rear brush 47, arranged to engage the boot or shoe at the front, sides, and back. The front or toe brush is mounted in an upright frame 48 adjustably connected to longitudinally-movable bars 49 and provided with ways 4BP, receiving the back ofthe brush, which extends transversely of the machine and which is provided at the endsof its back with suitable arms 45a to extend into the ways The upright adjustable brush-carrying frame 48 is slidably connected at the bottom with the longitudi-l nally-movable bars 49 and is secured in its adjusted position by means of a suitable spring-actuated catch 48a, arranged at each side of the upright frame. By adjusting the upright frame backward and forward on the longitudinal bars the front brush may be arranged the desireddistance from the rear brush to enable it to operate properly on shoes of dierent sizes. The front or toe brush is yieldingly held in engagement wit-h the toeof a boot or shoe by means of a pair of coiled springs 50, mounted on guide-rods 5l, which are secured to the arms of the back of the brush and whichare guided in perforations of the connecting top piece of the upright frame 48; but the rods may be arranged in any other suitable manner. The springs 50, which are disposed on the rods, are interposed between the back of the brush and the top of the frame and yieldingly maintain the brush 45 in engagement with the front portion or toe of a boot or shoe. The upright frame, which is mounted on the movable side bars 49, is composed of two sides and a connectingtop piece, the sides being grooved or otherwise formed to provide the said Ways. The side brushes, which are arranged longitudinally of the bars 49, are suitably fixed to laterally-movable spring-actuated supports 52, consisting of plates mounted in slots 53 of the bars 49 and having a limited inwardand-outward movement therein and provided vnear their outer edges with suitable stops 54.

These supports 52 are normally held at the limit of their inward movement by springs 55, preferably bowed and arranged above and below the slides. These springs may vbeV of any other desired construction and arrangement; but when theyare bowed, as shown in the accompanying drawings, they will be centrally connected with the laterally-movable supports and have their ends slidably engaged with the bars 49. The side brushes by being mounted in this manner are adapted to yieldingly engage a boot or shoe at opposite sides thereof and are capable of moving inward and outward automatically as they are reciprocated by the means hereinafter described,I

whereby the sides-of a boot or shoe will be rapidly and thoroughly polished. The rear brush 47, which is adapted to engage the back of a boot or shoe, is mounted on a vertically-movable support, preferably consisting of an arm 56, depending from the back of the brush and arranged in a vertical guide or way 57 of the rear end of the frame or stand and provided with a set-screw 58 or other suitable means for securing it in an elevated position. The rear brush is designed to be lowered while the machine is being operated to supply a boot or shoe with blacking, and after this operation has been com pleted the rear brush is raised to be engaged by the back of the foot, which is moved up and down over the brush in operating the movable polishing devices or brushes, as hereinafter described.

The longitudinally-movable bars 49, which carry the toe and side brushes, have their rear ends supported by cranks 59 or other eccentric connections, which rotate during the operation of the machine, and lthe front end of the bars 49 are arranged in longitudinal guides 60, whereby they are slidably connected with the frame or stand. These guides 60 preferably consist of slotted bars arranged in pairs at opposite sides of the front end of the bars 49` the slots 6l receiving the pivots 62, which connect the bars 49 with the means for reciprocating them. The pivots 62, which may consist of bolts or other suitable fastening devices, pass through perforations of the front ends of the pilmen 63, which are pivoted at their rear ends to cranks 64 and 65 of a crank-shaft 66. The crank-shaft 66, which IOO IIO

connected at one end with the said bar or pitman and at its other end with a vertically-movable foot-actuated bar 72, guided on the frame or stand and provided at the upper portion with a heel-plate 73. The heel-plate 73, which is suitably fixed to the upper end of the bar 72, is adapted to receive the heel of a boot or shoe, and the operator by pressing downward on the bar 72 rotates the crank-shaft, the balance-wheel insuring a continuous operation of the machine. When the crank-shaft is rotated, the longitudinal bars will be reciprocated by the connecting-bars or pitmen, which are connected with the cranks of the shafts, and the cranks or other eccentric connections at the rear ends of the bars 49 rotate and carry with them the rear ends of the bars 49, which are oscillated with a circular or rotary motion, whereby they are carried both upward and downward and backward and forward. This will carry the brushes back and forth over the sides and front of the bootor shoe, and the up-and-down movement of the latter will cause the rear brush to polish the back of the boot or shoe. The back brush is stationary, and the shoe is moved upward and downward over the rear brush in operating the bar 72.

The machine is adapted to be operated solely by the foot of a person, andthe rollers of the daubers are positively rotated to supply a boot or shoe with blacking, and the brushes or other polishing means will enable a shoe or boot to be rapidly and thoroughly polished. Also the machine is adapted to be adjusted for shoes of dierent sizes, as the front or toe brush is capable of being moved backward and forward on the longitudinallymovable bars.

l. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a frame or stand, front and rear daubers mounted on the frame or stand and capable of upward-and-downward movement to carry them into and out of position for engaging a boot or shoe, said daubers being provided with means for supplying blacking to a boot or shoe, means for locking them out of such position, and polishing devices, substantially as described.

2. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a frame or stand provided with a series of foot-receiving rollers adapted to enable a boot or shoe to be moved freely over them, daubers mounted on the frame and arranged to be engaged by a boot or shoe when the latter is moved backward and forward over the rollers, and means for polishing the boot or shoe, substantially as described.

3. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a frame or stand, a yieldinglymounted front dauber arranged to move upward and downward to accommodate itself to a boot or shoe, means for raising and lowering the said dauber, whereby the same is carried into and out of position for engaging a boot or shoe and means for supplying blacking to a boot or shoe, substantially as described.

4. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a frame or stand adapted to receive the foot of a person and provided with upright guides, a transversely disposed dauber located above the frame or stand and arranged in the said guides and yieldinglymounted bars receiving the dauber and supporting the same, and means for raising and lowering the bars, substantially as described.

5. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a frame or stand adapted to receive the foot of a person and provided with upwardly-extending guides, a dauber operating in the said guides, bars connected with the dauber, and a foot-lever or treadle connected with and adapted to actuate the bars, whereby the dauber is moved upward and downward, substantially as described.

6. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a frame or stand adapted to receive the foot of a person and arranged to permit the same to be moved backward and forward, and a dauber arranged to be engaged by the foot of a person and comprising a roll, means for holding blacking adjacent to the roll, and a moistening device, substantially as described.

7. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a frame or stand adapted to permit a boot or shoe to be moved backward and forward on it, and a movable dauber comprising a casing, a roll mounted on the casing and projecting therefrom, a partition located within the casing and forming compartments or chambers, a moistening device arranged in one compartment or chamber, the other compartment or chamber being adapted to receive blaeking, and means for polishing a boot or shoe, substantially as described.

8. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a frame or stand, a front dauber capable of upward and downward movement and adapted when not in use to be elevated out of the way, side daubers also capable of upward-and-downward movement and adapted to be lowered out of the way when not in use, a foot-lever or treadle connected with the side daubers and adapted, when lowered, to carry the same downward, an intermediate lever connection between the foot-lever or treadle and the front dauber, and means for raising the foot-lever or treadle,sub stantially as described.

9. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a frame or stand, a blackingsupplying device mounted thereon,side daubers capable of upward-and-downward movement and arranged to engage the blackingsupplying device, one of the side daubers being yieldingly mounted and capable of movement transversely of the machine to vary the distance between the daubers, substantially as described.

10. In a machine of the class described, the

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combination of a frame or stand, a foot-lever or treadle, side daubers capable of upwardand-downward movement and provided with arms connected with the foot-lever or treadle, rods guided on the frame and connected with the daubers, springs disposed on the rods ai'id arranged to automatically raise the daubers,

and means for locking the foot-lever or treadle in its lowered position, substantially as described. Y t

11. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a frame or stand, va blackingsupplying device provided withv rollsand having gears connected therewith, daubers capable of upward-and-downward movement and provided with racks meshing withl the gears, and means for movingthe daubers upward and downward, substantially as described.

l2. In a machine ofthe class described, the combination of a frame or stand, a blackingsupplying device comprising a casing, rolls mounted in the casing, a moistening device, and a blacking holder or compartment, daubers capable of upward-and-downward movement, and means for operating the daubers, substantially as described.

13. In a machine ofthe class described, the combination of a frame or stand, a daubersupportprovided with ways, a guide arranged in the ways and receiving the dauber-support, means for raising and lowering the guide, and a spring engaging the dauber-support, substantially as described.

14. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a frame or stand, a horizontal guide having a supporting-arm, meansfor moving the guide upward and downward, a dauber-support slidably mounted on'the guide and capable of movement transversely of the machine, a rod connecting the dauber-support with the arm, and a spring disposed on the rod and engaging the dauber-suppo1t,sub stantially as described.

15. In a vmachine of the class described, the combination of a frame or stand, approximately rectangular dauber-supports open at the inner sides and tops, brushesarranged c within the dauber-supports, a device located between the brushes for supplying the same with blacking, and means for moving the brushes upward and downward, substantially a stationarypolishing device arranged in the path of the shoe to be engaged by thevfoot in l operating the machine and cooperating with the movable polishing devices, substantiallyy as described.

i7. In a maehineof the dass described, thel combination of a frame or stand, movable polishing devices arranged'atthe frontand sides of the machine, a depressible actuating device connected with the polishing devices and adapted to be engaged by the foot to operate the machine, and a fixed polishing device located adjacent to the depressible actuating device whereby it is adapted tobe engaged by the foot 'when the machine is operated, substantially as described.

18. In a machine of the class described, the

`combination of a frame or stand, front and side daubers capable of upward-and-downward movement, and movable in opposite directions to carry them out of ltheir engaging position, means for locking the daubers out of the way,r movable polishing devices, and a foot actuated device connected with and adapted to actuate the polishing devices, substantially as described.

19. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a` frame or stand, movable Vdaubers, a foot-lever connected with and adapted to carry the daubers into and out o'f their engaging position, movable polishing devices, a fixed polishing device, and a foot-operated device located adjacent to the fixed polishing device and connected with and adaptlcombination of a frame or stand, the longitudinallymovable bars slidablyfconnected Iat voneend with the frame or stand,crank connections for oscillating the other ends ofthe bars, means connected with the slidably-mounted ends of the bars for reciprocating the latter, and polishing devices carried by the bars, substantially as described.

22. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a frame or stand, longitudinally-movable bars slidably connected at one end with the frame or stand, means for oscillating the other end of the bars, polishing devices carried bycthe bars, a crank-shaft, pitmen connecting the crank-shaft with the said bars,and means for operating the crank-shaft, substantially as described.

23. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a frame Vor stand, longitudinally-movable bars slidably connected with the frame at one end, means for oscillating the other ends of the bars, polishing devices carried by the bars, a crank-shafupitmen connecting the crank-shaft with the'bars, a lever connected with'and adapted to rotate the rock-shaft, and a depressible foot-operated device for actuating the lever, substantially asdescribed. f

24. In a machine of the class described, the

combination of a frame 'or` stand, longitudinally-movable bars, polishing devices carried IOO IIO

by the bars, a crank-shaft, pitmen connecting the crank-shaft with the bars, a balancewheel mounted on the crank-shaft, a lever fulcrumed between its ends and having one arm connected with the crank-shaft, and a depressible bar connected with the other arm of the lever and adapted to be operated by the foot of a person, substantially as described.

25. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a frame or stand, longitudinally-movable bars having slots, side brushes having plates arranged in the slots and provided with suitable stops, and springs interposed between the brushes and the longitudinally-movable bars for moving the brushes inwardly, substantially as described.

26. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a frame or stand, longitudinally-movable bars, an uprightguide-frame, a transverse brush mounted in the guideframe and slidably connected with the same, and springs engaging the brush, substantially as described.

27.v In a machine of the class described, the combination of a frame or stand adapted to receive the foot of a person and provided with upwardly-extending guides, a rod or bar arranged in the guides, a front dauber also connected with the guides below the rod or bar, and a spring suspending the dauber i rom the rod or bar,substantially as described.

28. In a machine ofthe class described, the combination of a frame or stand arranged to receive the foot of a person and provided with upright guides, a rod or bar operating in the guides, a front dauber connected with the guides below the bar, a spring secured to the dauber and provided with sides slidably connected with the rod or bar, and means for raising and lowering the rod or bar, substantially as described.

29. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a frame or stand, longitudinally-movable bars, means arranged at one end of the bars for actuating the same, polishing devices mounted on the bars, and rotary cranks connected with the other ends of the bars and adapted to impart a circular oscillatory motion to the same, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN RICHARD MCGARRITY.

Witn csses:

CHRISTIAN LEPPERT, A. COOPER. 

